Since her first book, Antique and Twentieth Century jewellery was published, in 1980, with its focal rather than chronological viewpoint, Vivienne has gone on to write many more successful books on the history of jewellery design.  Art Nouveau Jewelry, (Thames and Hudson) and Fabulous Costume Jewellery (originally Fabulous Fakes),the first book to chart the history of costume jewellery,  (Schiffer), have both become standard works on the subject.  Rough Diamonds documented the story of Butler and Wilson, and in 2005, Vivienne was honoured to be asked to collaborate with former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, on a book about Secretary Albright’s celebrated collection of brooches.  She worked closely with Secretary Albright, researching the collection and the story of political jewellery, contributing the history of brooches and setting the collection in social and historical context.  The book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, was published in 2009, and launched with an accompanying exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City.  The book soared to the top of the New York Times’ best-seller list. 

2011/12 brought the publication of a cluster of new books, including the story of Henkel & Grosse, the Pforzheim makers of Christian Dior costume jewellery, De Beers Diamond Jewellery, tracing the background of diamonds and De Beers, and Alexandre Reza, a luscious limited edition, a biography of the great gem merchant and jeweller, the father of modern jewellery. 2013 saw the high-profile launch of her book, the Impossible Collection of Jewelry: The 100 Most Important Jewels of the 20^th Century, (Assouline), a limited edition art book. Her latest volume is a book about Sevan Bicacki, the supreme artist-jeweller from Istanbul, published in Autumn 2014.

Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery l980

Art Nouveau Jewelry l985; new paperback edition l999

The Jewellery of René Lalique (exhibition catalogue) l987

Fabulous Fakes l988 (re-titled Fabulous Costume Jewellery)

Rough Diamonds, the Butler & Wilson story l990

The Magic of Crystal l994

Ethnic Rich (exhibition catalogue) l996

Metamorphosis (Design Megatrends, Swarovski) 2002

The Art of Crystal (Daniel Swarovski) 2005

Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box 2009

Grosse & Bijoux Christian Dior: the story of Henkel & Grosse, 2010

De Beers Diamond Jewellery, 2011

Alexander Reza, 2011/12

The Impossible Collection of Jewelry: The 100 Most Important Jewels of the 20^th Century, 2013

Sevan, the story of Sevan Bicacki, 2014

Vivienne has also contributed to a number of jewellery books, including Master Jewellers 1990, Jewels of Fantasy l992, and compiled the jewellery chapters for the new Millers Encyclopaedia of Antiques. She has written numerous essays for museum and private exhibition catalogues, covering subjects as varied as cufflinks, antique costume jewellery, Indian diamonds.  She has also written catalogues and special entries for Christie’s, including the Agra Diamond and Sarah Bernhardt’s bracelet.

In l999 she wrote an introductory essay for the catalogue called “Fragments …Pages stolen from a Book of Time”, accompanying an exhibition of new works by leading British artist-goldsmith Kevin Coates.

Vivienne contributed a chapter on Contemporary Indian Jewellery, to Beyond Extravagance, the lavish book documenting a private collection of Indian jewelled arts, to be published by Assouline in the Autumn of 2013. Most recently, she has written a chapter in the forthcoming book on the Cartier Panther (due for publication in 2015) on the evolution of the Panther jewel at Cartier, from 1914 to the present day.